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Weekend reading and MB media releases

September 6, 2025 - 00:02 -- Admin

International Reading: Left and right are joining forces to ban lawmakers from trading stock – Yahoo America’s richest generation is only getting richer – Fortune If Trump loses his tariff lawsuit, America may have to refund businesses more than US$200 billion – CTV News Trump’s immigration policies could lead to first ever population decline – News

Macro Afternoon

September 5, 2025 - 16:30 -- Admin

Asian share markets are higher across the board as traders start to anticipate tonight’s US jobs print with continued speculation that the Fed is likely going to pull a put regardless of tonight’s NFP result. Meanwhile bond markets are trying to recover with many long dated yields across the UK, Japan and USA backing off

Gold in them thar politics

September 5, 2025 - 14:00 -- Admin

Goldman says buy gold. Since the spring, markets have started to transition from tariff uncertainty into tariff reality, which has helped stabilize economic activity indicators and reduced consensus (and our own) probability of a US recession (though it remains above the historical average). However, we believe important risks remain that reinforce the diversification benefits of

Get ready for another Sydney house prices boom

September 5, 2025 - 13:00 -- Admin

Cotality’s final auction clearance rates for August suggest that Sydney, in particular, is headed for another price boom. Sydney’s final auction clearance rate averaged 72% in August, which was the city’s strongest result since February 2024 (73%). Sydney’s final auction clearance rate in August was also the strongest in the nation, easily beating Melbourne’s (68%)

Bearish signals

September 5, 2025 - 11:00 -- Admin

The Market Ear first. Nervous bonds Biggest 2 day pick up in bond volatility since the start of the Liberation Day “chaos”. Meanwhile, the 10 year is doing very little. Source: LSEG Workspace The MOVE Bond volatility; Two months of volatility decline is gone in two sessions. MOVE vs VIX gap is suddenly very wide.

Lock in a forever rental crisis

September 5, 2025 - 10:30 -- Admin

When it comes to the Albanese government and the issue of housing, there are two very different approaches taken. There are boasts about the government’s 1.2 million new home target and flashy social media posts about the various demand-side interventions that the government is undertaking. On the other hand, there is the data coming out

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